transience

(noun)

The quality of being transient, temporary, brief or fleeting.

Related Terms

  • encode

(noun)

The deterioration of a specific memory over time.

Related Terms

  • encode

Examples of transience in the following topics:

  • Transience and Encoding Failure

    • Both transience and encoding failure can limit our ability to store and, later, recall memories.
    • Transience refers to the general deterioration of a specific memory over time.
    • Transience is caused by proactive and retroactive interference.
  • The Fallibility of Memory

    • "Transience" refers to the general deterioration of a specific memory over time.
    • Transience is caused by proactive and retroactive interference.
  • The Situation Today

    • The transience, or rather the potential transience, of relationships is perhaps the single most daunting task facing a new project.
  • The Tea Ceremony

    • The art of the tea ceremony flourished during the Momoyama period and was influenced by Zen principles of imperfection and transience.
  • Process Art

    • Change, transience, and embracing serendipity are themes in process art.
  • Types of Forgetting

    • "Transience" refers to the general deterioration of a specific memory over time.
    • Under interference theory, transience occurs because all memories interfere with the ability to recall other memories.
  • Flemish Painting in the Baroque Period

    • A vanitas is a symbolic still life painting that is meant to illustrate the meaninglessness of earthly life and the transience of all earthly pursuits.
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